Read more Treasury secretary stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34756/treasury-secretary.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report today that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has the inside track to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary is getting mostly guffaws online, with even the conservative Wall Street Journal admitting that Dimon’s way too much an insider for the job just now. Indeed, chuckles Daniel Indiviglio , the...http://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74461/geithner-got-it-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Brooks leaps to the defense of Tim Geithner today, arguing that the treasury secretary's critics, who last spring were dismissing him as a hapless "Bambi in the headlights," were mostly wrong and he was mostly right. The system is now much healthier, TARP money is being repaid, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/74461/geithner-got-it-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:16:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72729/geithner-to-bankers-crackdown-is-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTim Geithner had tough words for Wall Street bankers yesterday, telling the financial industry's annual conference that they had no credibility to protest new regulation. The Treasury secretary said government had a responsibility to crack down on dangerous practices on the Street and design new laws allowing seizures of institutions...http://www.newser.com/story/72729/geithner-to-bankers-crackdown-is-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 7:30:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69141/geithner-warns-of-long-hard-road-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe economy is no longer on the brink of the abyss but there's a long way to go before recovery takes hold, Tim Geithner warned yesterday. The Treasury secretary told a congressional committee that while the financial system is showing signs of better health, regulation of the financial system needs...http://www.newser.com/story/69141/geithner-warns-of-long-hard-road-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 5:43:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66902/geithner-wall-street-is-safe-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe return of hefty profits on Wall Street doesn't mean that banks are returning to previous bad behavior, Tim Geithner insists. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal , the Treasury secretary says the big banks are safer now because "they're running with much less leverage," greater liquidity, and healthier...http://www.newser.com/story/66902/geithner-wall-street-is-safe-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 10:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66338/time-may-be-right-to-talk-raising-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the administration must raise taxes, now could be its big chance, NPR reports. Only 46% of Americans in a recent Gallup poll said their taxes were too high—the smallest fraction since 1961. “Americans, relatively speaking, are more satisfied with the amount of taxes they pay than they have...http://www.newser.com/story/66338/time-may-be-right-to-talk-raising-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 9:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66024/geithner-flips-out-tongue-lashes-regulators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe heat is apparently getting to Tim Geithner. At a meeting last week with high-level financial regulators, the treasury secretary indulged in a potty-mouthed diatribe about delays in the administration's highly touted plan to overhaul the regulatory system, declaring, "enough is enough," the Wall Street Journal reports. Attendees included Ben...http://www.newser.com/story/66024/geithner-flips-out-tongue-lashes-regulators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 22:44:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60985/new-sec-chair-stakes-out-her-territory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs soon as she took over the SEC, Mary Schapiro started making changes. She scrapped rules that had hindered investigators, hired a new enforcement director, and refocused regulators on high-profile financial crisis-related cases. “I wanted to be clear from my first day—not just with words, which are pretty easy...http://www.newser.com/story/60985/new-sec-chair-stakes-out-her-territory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 10:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60870/housing-market-woes-hit-home-for-geithner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHousing market troubles are getting personal for Tim Geithner, the AP reports. The Treasury secretary bought his five-bedroom suburban New York Tudor for $1.6 million in 2004; after moving to Washington, he tried to sell it for $1.635 million. The price later dropped to $1.575 million, but...http://www.newser.com/story/60870/housing-market-woes-hit-home-for-geithner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 9:57:00 CDT